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I’m not the only one who thinks Paul Ryan has thrown down a gauntlet instead of offering a way out of the budget impasse.

“If you boiled down the media’s reaction to Paul Ryan’s budget to a three-letter phrase, it would be: WTF? Most commentators and reporters are flummoxed that the new budget, released this morning, makes no concession to the fact that Republicans just ran a presidential campaign on these very ideas and were soundly defeated.”

Meanwhile, House conservatives are upset, too, because the latest iteration of The Ryan Budget fails to repeal the fiscal cliff tax increases. Bottom line: despite campaigning and losing on their “principles” last year, the hard-right is doubling down and insisting on an even more rightwing budget than voters rejected. This truly is a “WTF?” moment.

Roger Rabbit Commentary: Perhaps the fact guns are flying off shelves, even though fewer American households own guns than ever before, is a clue. Maybe these people are scheming to take by force what they can’t win at the ballot box. In which case liberals must arm.

If it is Tuesday it is time to drink liberally and laugh at our Serial RENEGER!

We’re now 20 weeks since Kap’n Kornflake lost his bet by depending upon unskewed polls! and undying belief that he knew fk what about the American electorate … and he has yet to meet the obligation of the wager he lost to me.

Drink a toast to Kap’n Kornflake and the serial RENEGING Republican yahoos!

Then the digital transition came. The ad market, on which we all depend, started going haywire. Advertisers didn’t have to buy The Atlantic. They could buy ads on networks that had dropped a cookie on people visiting The Atlantic. They could snatch our audience right out from underneath us.

Like the argument made on mondaynote.com the case for charging for linking is that linkers benefit more than the content creators, extracting value that might otherwise go to the content provider.

Now I understand that you’re not Google. They definitely sit between readers and content makers, extracting the most value.

I’m still undecided if I favor charging for linking or not. Right now I’m just trying to understand the side of the content creators. My primary motivation, like so many other people, is trying to figure out how to cover the costs of original reporting (journalism).

@4 – The Bible also states that anyone who is divorced and remarries is an adulterer. And the person who marries that previously married individual, whether previously married or not, is also an adulterer. Half the population would have to be tattooed with an “A” on their forehead. Would be great. Puffy’s bible and people – wacko’s.

Klayman – What I have seen is, and I never thought it was even imaginable when I was fighting [Bill] Clinton, I do believe that it is possible now. I think that Obama knows that at some point a significant portion of this country is going to rise up and possibly become violent and I hope and pray that that does not happen.

Yeah, right. This is exactly what he wants to happen. He needs an excuse to annihilate minorities.

Not accurate as stated, I don’t think. A smaller percentage of American households own guns, compared with previous polls.

The number of households is growing, however.

Since guns are probably ‘flying off the shelves’ at a greater pace than they are being destroyed or sold by our government to Mexican drug cartels, the absolute number of guns in this country is very likely increasing, and the absolute number of households in which they are stored is very likely increasing as well.

Might seem like a small point, but if someone such as yourself, supposedly highly educated, militarily trained, a barrister, and a judge, is to weigh in as you do, that someone should at least try to be credible about it.

I’m surprised they’re not sniping at the Obama Recovery. We have two economies in this country, and Obama’s policies are fostering this divide: The rich are doing fine (stock market’s up, spending by affluent consumers is up), the middle class is going nowhere (falling unemployment numbers mask the fact good jobs are being replaced by low-wage and part-time jobs). The middle is slowly reducing debt, but only by means of foreclosure and bankruptcy, there’s no repayment going on and the savings rate is negative. Meanwhile, the Fed has pumped $3 trillion of new money into the financial system, but it all ended up on bank balance sheets or in the stock market (banks and shareholders are doing great); none has trickled down to small businesses or households. The little guy running a dry cleaners or used bookstore still can’t borrow. America’s economic system isn’t working for the vast majority of Americans. Hey, this isn’t an endorsement of Obama’s rivals; the GOP’s policies are far worse for the little guys. Which is why Obama and Bernanke are able to get away with it.

Hey, Lib Sci, while your children are working up to begin wearing their own masks, which hopefully they won’t drop the way you did when you referred in derogatory terms to the skin color of someone you don’t like, maybe they can begin by wearing one of these:

• Wear a white wristband as a reminder about your privilege, and as a personal commitment to explain why you wear the wristband.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Well– I understand. Which is why, at some point, I think I take myself out of this. Right now, what I’m trying to do is create an atmosphere where Democrats and Republicans can go ahead, get together, and try to get something done. And, y– you know– I think what’s important to recognize is that– we’ve already cut– $2.5– $2.7 trillion out of the deficit. If the sequester stays in, you’ve got over $3.5 trillion of deficit reduction already.

And, so, we don’t have an immediate crisis in terms of debt. In fact, for the next ten years, it’s gonna be in a sustainable place. The question is, can we do it smarter, can we do it better? And– you know, what I’m saying to them is I am prepared to do some tough stuff. Neither side’s gonna get 100%. That’s what the American people are lookin’ for. That’s what’s gonna be good for jobs. That’s what’s gonna be good for growth.

But ultimately, it may be that– the differences are just– too wide. It may be that ideologically, if their position is, “We can’t do any revenue,” or, “We can only do revenue if we gut Medicare or gut Social Security or gut Medicaid,” if that’s the position, then we’re probably not gonna be able to get a deal.

What was cut out of the deficit other than the $600M in 10 years by the expiration of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, YLB? What’s the other $2,000,000,000,000 he’s talking about?

Is it the expiration of the FICA holiday? The end of the wars that were going to end anyway?

Where else is he counting that money?

Rather than cut-and-paste some unattributed and unanswered comment made by The One, maybe read a little more critically.

BTW the Senate budget plan still hasn’t been produced for review. When it is, you’ll find that there’s no additional $2T cut.

I would give Obama credit for his willingness to address entitlements – he’s gone there in the past and he’s going there now. Whether that gets past the Senate is another issue but he’s been using back channels, I’m reading, to argue that cuts there will be necessary. Credit where credit is due. He could be more specific in public about it, but I’ll take it.

@18 If I were Obama, after what Ryan/GOP did yesterday, I’d walk away too. That was a declaration of war, not an offer to work for a compromise. Negotiation and diplomacy have limits; when you’re dealing with jerks, sometimes the only thing they understand is a fist in the face. We seem to have reached that point with the GOP.

Trayvon Martin reached that point with George Zimmerman, too, but in that case the bad guy had a gun and behaved like bad-guys-with-guns usually do. This is why I keep saying liberals must arm. As someone said once, “Don’t bring brass knuckles to a gunfight.” If the other guy wants to fight with guns, you gotta bring a gun to the gunfight. Liberals must arm.

Jason @ # 3: I’ll admit that my own experience doesn’t compare to the Googles and Yahoos of the world. If they have a way of re-displaying the content, and stripping out the ads and displaying their own via cookies, then that’s a problem.

But is their complaint that the Google cookies over-ride their own cookies? If so, I doubt they would get much sympathy.

We are in agreement that original content and in-depth reporting needs to be paid for, and rewarded.

But if everyone doesn’t put up a paywall, people will just find a way around those that do. Fairview Fannie just doesn’t have enough original quality reporting to justify paying for it online – I can get the same or similar content for free by subscribing to any number of wire service news feeds, local corporate press releases, etc. (It’s interesting to see corporate news releases cut and pasted wholesale into stories, with only minor changes).

Speaking of race and the GOP, I see that they ventured into Brooklyn to do an outreach to blacks. Well, actually, it was an outreach to twenty black Republicans.

Two thoughts here. First, there are twenty black Republicans in Brooklyn?? Second, isn’t this like the GOP addressing their black problem by reaching out to Puddy? Yeah, I’m sure that’d be effective. Don’t you agree, Bob?

Republicans. Bound and determined to blow it again in 2014 and 2016. If Bob had any sense, he’d be talking about that instead of nipping at the heals of Democrats and coming up with comical accusations of racism against Lib Sci.

Your GOP ship is sinking, Bob. Um, wouldn’t your time be better spent bailing water? I must say, though, to see you continue to waste your time and energies here whining about Democrats and so utterly failing at tagging Lib Sci as a racist works just fine for me.

As for you and your Trayvon “thug” comment. I remember quite clearly when you called Martin a “thug”. Your statements above are revisionist history. Your accusation that Martin was a thug was based on fake photos and a fake tweet posted on a racist wingnut hate site.

Don’t bother with the dance, Bob. YLB and his amazing “databaze” can easily find your comment that started it all. It would be the first time you used the word “thug”.

No he doesn’t. If he doesn’t like it, he can refuse to sign it, then let the government shut down and blame the GOPers. And there’s no doubt at all in the recent polls about who the public will blame. Their disapproval ratings are two or three times his.

Some GOP mouthpieces have accused Obama of trying to destroy the Republican Party. I hope they’re right.

“HERKIMER, N.Y. — Authorities have identified the man they believe killed four people and wounded two others at separate shootings in neighboring upstate New York villages.

“Joseph Malone, the police chief for Herkimer and Mohawk, says authorities are looking for 64-year-old Kurt Meyers, of Mohawk. Officials say guns and ammunition were found inside his apartment after emergency crews were sent to a fire there Wednesday morning.

“Soon after, police say two people were fatally shot and two others wounded at John’s Barber Shop, around the corner from the apartment. Officials say the second shooting happened about a mile away in Herkimer, where two people were killed at Gaffey’s Fast Lube and Car Wash.”

Your accusation that Martin was a thug was based on fake photos and a fake tweet posted on a racist wingnut hate site.

Actually, Steve, that was your accusation of me. My accusation of him as a thug in training was based on his past behavior and the manner in which the physical confrontation with Zimmerman is said (by Zimmerman, admittedly) to have begun.

And regarding the GOP and Brooklyn, maybe I missed something in the thread but what the hell are you talking about?

No way a CR makes it through a GOP House, a Democrat-led Senate, to Obama’s desk and doesn’t get signed.

A president who just blew the build-up to the sequester and who is down in approval by close to double-digits over the past month isn’t going to let the government shut down, asswipe. When bipartisan Congressional action results in a bill on his desk, he’ll fucking sign it. Pull your head out of your ass for the first time this morning and go take your meds.

@30 Has it occurred to you that maybe Zimmerman deserved a fist in his face? If I was hopping down the street minding my own business, in a place where I have a right to be and doing what I have a right to do, and some jerk was stalking me I’d be tempted to do what Martin did. Wouldn’t you?

There’s no doubt in my mind that Zimmerman will be convicted. He instigated the confrontation, so he can’t claim self-defense. The victim wasn’t breaking any laws or doing anything wrong, so he can’t claim justification. The thug here is George Zimmerman, not Trayvon Martin.

Has it occurred to you that maybe Zimmerman deserved a fist in his face?

Why, yes, yes it has, RR. Has it occurred to you that maybe Martin deserved a gunshot by someone in genuine fear for his life?

I suggest you counsel the prosecuting attorney to ask the very question you just asked, as part of her closing statement to the jury. Hanging, slow curveball right down the middle. Good one. Lawyer and judge my ass. You’re an imbecile.

Emerson: They’re using what I call legal insurgency, it is stealth jihad. What they are doing is legal—

Wiles: I agree, that’s what I’m saying, it’s a mental thing, they are changing the mindset of the American people, it is jihad.

Emerson: They are trying to change the mindset and they’ve already made inroads in Congress, they’ve got certain Senators in Congress like Keith Ellison, Sen. Dick Durbin and others who are in their pocket. I know this, I can prove it.

Emerson: The Muslim Brotherhood has penetrated virtually all institutions in the United States, wittingly or unwittingly: the White House; the Department of Justice; Hollywood; the media; the State Department; the publishing industry.

Wiles: Why carryout terrorist acts if you can just quietly take over the country?

Emerson: That’s exactly what they said.

Wiles: And they are succeeding.

Emerson: Yes they are. They are succeeding—they’ve already been able to succeed in cutting these Faustian deals with the media where the ultra-fascist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood is totally consistent with the ultra-left-wing ideology of the media and it’s reflected on campuses in academia and student groups, it’s reflected in books and it’s also reflected in policies by the U.S. government.

Emerson: What are they teaching in academia today? Who are the professors? What are the student groups promoting? It’s a radical Islamist view of the United States and Israel, it contrives to present western civilizational values as morally equivalent to radical Islamic fundamentalist values, nothing could be further from the truth.

But what’s really important to you, Bob, of course, the subject of dozens of comments, is that Lib Sci once used the term “minstral show”.

Say, Bob, tell us again how it was that you determined that Zimmerman was justified in killing Martin because Martin was a mixed martial artist? And your source for that was what again? In case you forget, as you seem to have conveniently done with your “thug” comment, it’s in the “databaze” too. It’s the only time you used “MMA” in a comment.

However, evidence shows an eyewitness already described Trayvon Martin as raining blows down on George Zimmermnan “MMA style.”

Ragan said if more evidence came to light to support Martin has experience with MMA fighting, the case dynamics would dramatically change.

“If I am Mark O’Mara, I have my investigators out doing whatever I can do to find if Trayvon Martin had any MMA training, because if he did, then I can invalidate the opinions to charge period,” Ragan said.

Apparently some of the social media that the prosecution and Martin’s family unsuccessfully sought to keep from the defense pertains to a big interest Martin had in MMA. Nelson authorized his request to subpoena Trayvon’s Twitter and Facebook posts. In self-defense cases, she said, if there’s evidence that a victim had a violent past, it could be relevant.

The accounts were de-activated long ago, O’Mara said, but he believes they will reveal “videos out there that suggest he (Trayvon) involved himself in MMA fighting.”

That’s important because one eye-witness told investigators that he saw Trayvon on top of Zimmerman, straddling him “MMA-style,” a reference to mixed-martial arts fighting, a combination of boxing, wrestling and martial arts.

“And regarding the GOP and Brooklyn, maybe I missed something in the thread but what the hell are you talking about?”

In an open thread I’m talking about the stupidity of your GOP leadership reaching out to blacks by venturing into Brooklyn to reach out to who? Black Republicans. People like Puddy. Pretty fucking stupid of your leaders, don’t you think, Bob? Of course I can understand why you don’t want to discuss the stupidity of your party leadership and how it will no doubt lead to more GOP losses in 2014 and beyond. Far better for you to be as relevant as your party leadership and nip at the heels of Democrats in a local blog with your snide comments. That’s the GOP plan for turning things around? An outreach to Puddy and snide remarks? Good luck with that, Bob. You see cleverness in what you do, I’m sure. But I see you turning into a running HA joke with your party’s continuing epic failures as the punchline.

@34 “Has it occurred to you that maybe Martin deserved a gunshot by someone in genuine fear for his life?”

Yes, that did occur to me, I’ve given it quite a bit of thought, and my answer is:

1. Martin did not deserve to get shot. 2. Until Zimmerman came along, Martin was a law-abiding citizen, in a place where he had a right to be, doing what he had a right to do, and had a legal and moral right to not be bothered by some jerk playing self-appointed vigilante. 3. Zimmerman instigated the confrontation; and that makes him, not Martin, the aggressor. 4. Zimmerman disobeyed the police dispatcher’s explicit instructions, an innocent person died as a direct result, and that makes Zimmerman a murderer.

@38 Yeah, he reminds me of the hoary old Tonto joke I can’t repeat here because it’s considered racist now. But then, I’m apparently not the only commenter reminded of old-time racism by Bob’s comments.

“If I commented on something in the news, once, in context, why is that a problem, Steve?”

Because you posted it as fact even though as your post above shows, there’s no evidence for this whatsoever. In case you don’t know, you jumped to conclusions about Martin, “thug” and “MMA” because you’re a racist, Bob. You were obviously looking for ways to justify the shooting of a black teen. You’re still doing that. That’s racist, Bob.

But what’s really important is that Lib Sci once called Arturo Davis a minstrel show. Look, if Puddy took exception to what Lib Sci wrote I’d pay attention and respect his point of view. But not you, Bob. Because of the very real trail of racist remarks you’ve made over the last year, your own accusations of racism carry no weight whatsoever. They just make you out to be even more of a racist asswipe than you came off as being before that started.

You probably were saying the same thing about Mike Nifong’s prosecution of the Duke lacrosse players.

My guess is that following discovery, charges are reduced, and that following presentation of the prosecutor’s case, a motion for dismissal on 1) Stand your ground law and/or 2) Failure to meet burden of proof is made, and that at least some of the charges against Zimmerman are dismissed. And that’s only if it even goes to trial, which is doubtful.

Dershowitz or Roger Rabbit?

New Forensic Evidence Is Consistent With George Zimmerman’s Self Defense Claim

“The bartender who recorded Mitt Romney’s infamous 47% remarks at a fundraising dinner during the presidential campaign has come out of the shadows to talk about the recording that changed the course of the 2012 campaign.

“‘How big a decision was it for you to release the tape and to go through all of this,’ Ed asked the videographer, whose identity will be revealed on-air Wednesday.

“‘It was tough,’ he said. “And I debated for a little while, but in the end I really felt it had to be put out. I felt I owed it to the people who couldn’t afford to be there themselves to hear what he really thought.’

“He went on to say: ‘I simply wanted [Romney’s] words to go out. And everybody could make a judgement based on his words and his words alone. The guy was running for the presidency and these were his core beliefs. And I think everybody can judge whether that’s appropriate or not or whether they believe the same way he does. I felt an obligation to expose the things he was saying.’

“‘Has there been any time where you feared for your life?’ Ed asked.

“‘I was up against the most powerful, the richest people in the country and the stakes were pretty high and you never know what could happen,’ said the man who shot the 47% video. ‘There’s nuts out there. You just don’t know. I’ve certainly had threats.'”

Roger Rabbit Commentary: The bottom line here is that Mitt Romney was unfit to be president, this man helped voters come to that realization, and millions of Americans are better off as a result. The righties will call him all sorts of horrible names, and maybe threaten his life, and maybe one of them will even take a shot at him. But this man did not get paid for what he did, or get any other personal benefit from it, and it will end up costing him a lot personally. We all owe him a debt of gratitude.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minstrel_show That’s Serial “Won’t pay his debts” Conn’s reason for claiming that Liberal is racist? Serial “Won’t pay his debts” Conn has consistently posted much worse about non political figures in the news. Typical.

The minstrel show played a powerful role in shaping assumptions about blacks. However, unlike vehemently anti-black propaganda from the time, minstrelsy made this attitude palatable to a wide audience by couching it in the guise of well intentioned paternalism.[120] Blacks were in turn expected to uphold these stereotypes or else risk white retaliation.[121]

My point about Lib Sci, who expects Davis to uphold what’s expected of him because of his skin color. As Davis did not adhere to Lib Sci’s expectations, Lib Sci felt free, among friends on HA, to use Davis’ skin color as a means of attack.

Very retaliatory on Lib Sci’s part, don’t you think? Thanks for the help, NTfF.

“This man is a HARVARD LAW PROFESSOR. So all you computer chair lawyer wannabees better do more studying if you think you are right over him.”

Too funny. A wingnut comment from Bob’s Dershowitz link. When defending the senseless murder of a black teen, for wingnuts being a Harvard law professor means you know what you’re fucking talking about. Well, unless you’re a black Harvard law professor who becomes president. In that case, every wingnut troll posting blog comments from their mother’s basement thinks he’s got more smarts. Nothing racist about that, huh, Bob?

Beginning in 2009, Davis sought to become Alabama’s first African American governor. In attempting to appeal to a broader electorate, he lost the support of black voters by opposing national health care reform and failing to meet with certain black political groups.[1] He ran in the 2010 Democratic Gubernatorial Primary, but lost by a large margin to Ron Sparks, a more liberal Democrat.

Davis switched parties to Republican when he was rejected by black Democrats for being too conservative. Liberal allegedly (no link) called Davis a mistral show for joining the GOP. I took that as Davis is supporting the GOPs skewed view of minorities. It’s crude, but I fail to see your point. You have posted much worse.

“As Davis did not adhere to Lib Sci’s expectations, Lib Sci felt free, among friends on HA, to use Davis’ skin color as a means of attack.”

Hell, I’ve done that to Puddy without mercy, who never lives up to my expectations, and we’re still friends at the end of the day. It’s not like Puddy is defenseless. He gives as good as he takes. You really need to come up with something better, Bob. You only come off as flailing away to deflect from your own very real racist attitudes.

It wasn’t Lib Sci’s best comment, that’s for sure. However, a few poorly chosen words do not equate to racism. But jumping to the conclusion that Martin deserved to die without hearing all of the evidence points to racism. Posting lies about Martin started by right-wing blogs as truth points to racism. Bob writing about militias (is there a militia in Michigan that isn’t right-wing extremist and very, very white? No.) being needed in Detroit to deal with violent blacks points to racism.

Geez, everything points to Bob being a racist. All based on his own comments. Even Bob’s attacks on Lib Sci for his minstrel show comment come off as those of a racist. So what’s one to conclude other than that Bob is, in fact, a racist?

But jumping to the conclusion that Martin deserved to die without hearing all of the evidence points to racism.

Whereas jumping to the conclusion that Zimmerman is guilty of murder without hearing all of the evidence isn’t racist? After all, a lot of you white guys want that Hispanic dude locked up for manslaughter @ 61 or worse. Couldn’t I say that points to racism were I of a mind to do so?

LOL!!! Once upon a time a hate-filled loon went on and on about Google overstepping their bounds in data collection..

And he very stupidly asked what was quoted above..

Well the FEC gave a “rat’s ass”…

“Engineer Doe specifically told two engineers working on the project, including a senior manager, about collecting payload data,” the agency said in the report. “Engineer Doe intended to collect, store and review payload data for possible use in other Google projects.

$25,000 fine.. A relative slap on the wrist.. A slap on the face if Google was run by right wingers but I digress..

Who else “gave a RAT’S ass about ‘payload'”?

Oh 37 States!

they collected data broadcast out of users’ homes from unsecured Wi-Fi networks. At the time, most home routers didn’t come equipped with encryption by default, so the data haul was enormous[i.e. payload!], and raised numerous privacy issues.

@64 I didn’t make any money predicting the identity of the new pope. I didn’t play that trade. But I sold my Boeing stock this morning and made 33% after owning it 2 years. I probably took the money from someone who lost a short bet, because short covering is what drove it up the last few days. This doesn’t count dividends.

“It is taking longer for the new pope to appear after the white smoke this year than it did for Benedict XVI to appear after his election in 2005. But, an extra step has been added this time – the new pope has been allowed to pray alone in the Pauline Chapel before he appears on the balcony.”

Why not? You’re the oone who posted an anonymous right-wing blogger’s lies about Martin for discussion. So go ahead, remark on how a wingnut believes that being a fucking Harvard law professor means something. You don’t see the irony? An education-hating, Harvard-hating, professor-hating wingnut desperately clinging to the words of a Harvard professor because they seem to justify the senseless killing of a black teen? Too pathetic for fucking words.

Hell, I’ve done that to Puddy without mercy, who never lives up to my expectations, and we’re still friends at the end of the day.

Why thanks Steve! Should I try to live up to your expectations?

1) What are they? I have never seen them in writing 2) I hope I don’t have to drink that wonderful elixir, Steve’s Stupid Solution 3) If I agree to them do I have to sign anything? 4) Will the DUMB Wabbit have to be there to witness my signature if I agree to sign 5) Will you get rid of Pluto boy? He is a nuisance 6) When can we go golfing? I need a good caddy 7) Can I meet your Republican woman? Gotta question her motives with you. Seems she’s failing

“Whereas jumping to the conclusion that Zimmerman is guilty of murder without hearing all of the evidence isn’t racist?”

Take it up with someone else. This is between you and me and I never claimed that Zimmerman was guilty. That’s because, unlike you, I didn’t jump to any conclusions. I only disputed your own conclusions which you evidently reached by readily accepting falsehoods spewn by right-wing hate sites which you repeated here and which obviously suited your own racist belief system.

Personally, I don’t excuse Lib da moron at all. He claims (no brags) he’s so superior to the masses and he “trains” his son the “right” way. So there is no way that ID10T gets the doubt benefit from Puddy!

A relative slap on the wrist.. A slap on the face if Google was run by right wingers but I digress..

Google is left wing if anything. That’s why they are stuffing their $billions in cash overseas. They don’t care about America like most left wing outfits. GE, Apple, Microsoft, etc… Need to see the link again libtard leftist lemmings?

Republicans argue low business taxes = more jobs. Let’s test this empirically. Right now corporations are paying record low taxes, and making record high profits, so if the GOPers are right we should be drowning in jobs. But where are the jobs?

Ah, my Dear Ms. Wingnut. She really is dealing with a failure. – failure to help her son get back on his feet. He became hooked on oxicontin through a dozen surgeries on his foot which was crushed in an accident at work when painter’s scaffolding collapsed. Not only is he hooked, but he can barely walk anymore. He’s a good young man but his future is very bleak right now. She’s gone through hell and a fortune trying to help him. I want to shoulder that burden for her for awhile by having him come live with me.

Pope Francis I, 76, was the son of an Italian railway worker. He was the runner-up in the last conclave, so he wasn’t such a long shot after all. He has only 1 lung, as one of his lungs was removed in his teens due to a childhood infection. He is a Jesuit and is considered a “compassionate conservative.”

Strange. The other night I was thinking about this conclave (even though I’m not Catholic, it affects the whole world), and I thought about St. Francis of Assisi — what if they had elected him pope? I wonder if the new pope took his papal name from that Francis. If he did this would suggest a papacy devoted to ministering to the world’s poor. Given Francis I’s age and health, though, this probably won’t be a real long papacy.

The stock market isn’t real excited about the new pope. The Dow is up only 8 points. I guess Wall Street figures this guy isn’t going to be the patron saint of banksters. Hey, don’t get discouraged, guys, Jesus promised forgiveness to everybody — even you! All you have to do is accept it. Pretty slow day for stocks, I’m making only $900 today, but that still beats working for wages Republicans want to pay! Not only do they oppose raising the $7.25 federal minimum wage, they think even that is too high.

When the French invaded and colonized Madagascar, they made the natives reimburse France for its expenses. When the Nazis murdered Jews in the ghettoes, they sometimes made the Judenrat collect money to reimburse Germany for the cost of the bullets. Today, Republicans want to keep this noble tradition alive by making workers pay their employers for the privilege of working.

“Choosing the name Francis is powerful and ground-breaking, CNN Vatican expert John Allen says. As already noted, this is the first Pope Francis. The name parallels one of the most venerated figures in the Roman Catholic Church, St. Francis of Assisi. Allen described the name of Pope Francis as ‘the most stunning’ choice and ‘precedent shattering.’ ‘There are cornerstone figures in Catholicism’ such as St. Francis, Allen said. Figures of such stature as St. Francis seem ‘irrepeatable – that there can be only one Francis,’ Allen added.”

Roger Rabbit Commentary: There’s little room for doubt about who the new pope is taking his papal name from, and what kind of pope he intends to be.

It happened to me. Remember how in an unfortunate choice of words both GBS and I called Marvin a faggot? We said it and we had to live with it as a day wouldn’t go by without Marvin reminding us. It didn’t matter that we both saw Marvin as closeted wingnut and we were tweaking him. It was very, very wrong for us to go there.

I see Lib Sci’s comment as being quite tame to what GBS and I blurted out that one unfortunate day. Someone who is not bigoted using a bigoted word as GBS and I did to hurt another person, even a bigot, is something done in such bad taste as to be truly reprehensible. That’s how I felt about what I did. Considering that, what’s to be said of a person with an obvious racist bent like Bob concluding that an unarmed black teen walking home from a 7/11 store deserved to die and then repeated lies to make the case?

“Cardinal Bergoglio has invited his clergy and laity to oppose both abortion and euthanasia.

“Homosexuality

“He has affirmed church teaching on homosexuality, though he teaches the importance of respecting individuals who are gay or lesbian. He strongly opposed legislation introduced in 2010 by the Argentine Government to allow same-sex marriage, calling it a ‘real and dire anthropological throwback’. In a letter to the monasteries of Buenos Aires, he wrote: ‘Let’s not be naive, we’re not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God. We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.’ He has also insisted that adoption by gay and lesbian people is a form of discrimination against children. This position received a rebuke from Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who said the church’s tone was reminiscent of ‘medieval times and the Inquisition’.

“Class equality

“During a 48-hour public servant strike in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio observed the differences between, ‘poor people who are persecuted for demanding work, and rich people who are applauded for fleeing from justice’

“Relations with the Argentine government

“On 15 April 2005, a human rights lawyer filed a criminal complaint against Bergoglio, as superior in the Society of Jesus of Argentina, accusing him of involvement in the kidnapping by the Navy in May 1976 (during the military dictatorship) of two Jesuit priests, whom he, as superior of the Society of Jesus of Argentina in 1976, had asked to leave their pastoral work following conflict within the Society over how to respond to the new military dictatorship, with some priests advocating a violent overthrow. The priests, Orlando Yorio and Francisco Jalics, were found alive five months later, drugged and seminude. Bergoglio’s spokesman flatly denied the allegations. Under Argentine law such accusations can be made on little evidence, to be investigated by a court.”

I don’t know if SS disability insurance is a part of this yet. Because it was a work related accident I do know they’ve been working with L&I. You can imagine how much it pains my Dear Ms. Wingnut to have to do that. I think L&I pays for the surgeries and she pays for most of the residential-type drug treatment programs. I couldn’t say what it’s added up to, only that there have been quite a few residential drug programs he’s been in, none of which have been effective, and that are costing her $30 – 50K a pop.

I just know that I’ve got to do more to help somehow, Puddy. I don’t see my being supportive of what they’re going through as being enough anymore.

Then after this exchange they apparently decided on Francis“How about Pope Thrakazog?” “forest-smog?” “Thrakazog! Thrakazog! With a ‘K’! “ “Whatchamazog!” “Listen buddy, for the last time it’s…” “Four ax in a bog?” “Thrakkorzog!” “Ah, laxitive-log!” “No no no!” “Lap lands a zog?” “No!” “Two laplanders and a dog?” “Thrak” “Sapsuckafrog!” “No no no!” “…Susan?” “Oh, now you’re doing it on purpose; how juvenile!”

I was sad to hear about the shootings in upstate New York. The first girl I kissed was from Herkimer, N.Y. She had long dark hair and legs that went on forever, and was three years older than I was. Only when I met my wife did I kiss a prettier girl.

114 You remind me of the story where the political correctness dictators got the guy fired for using the word “niggardly” in a sentence.

“I used to think it would be great if we could all be colorblind. That’s naïve, especially for a white person, because a white person can afford to be colorblind. They don’t have to think about race every day. An African American does.”http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....rict27.htm

It’s hilarious that’d you think Jack Welch would annoint a flaming liberal as his successor.

Yeah his political money to libtards speaks volumes of his conservatism.

SO YOUR FATHER WAS STUPID. Well he married your mother or was that stupid? Seems stupid didn’t fall too far from the tree. You went left wrong stupider! He sired you or was that the milkman? Mail man? Pool boy? Do tell! See what happens when you go there, lunatic?

It’d probably be better that way. If Puddy caddied for me I’d be wanting him to wear a white jumpsuit and green cap like the black caddies at Augusta National used to wear. Heh. Just kidding you, Gman.

No problem, but I rather get an apology from you for accusing me the other day of murdering gays in Africa. I took it that you were saying that because of some right-wing evangelical teachings and the stories about the subsequesnt killing of gays by villagers. But the only way you could get there, calling me a murderer, is if you were to consider all Christians to be murderers of gays, obviously blaming all for the actions of a few, and then somehow concluding that I’m a murderer too, simply for being charitable to a Christian charity. I didn’t consider that to be one of your better posts, Gman.

@132 Someone the other day was asking, where are the black Republican women politicians? It looked like we’d found one but now it appears that we’re a little too late. Now we’ll have to call her a former black Republican woman politician.

@130 I never accused you of Murdering gay Africans and never suggested you support the killing of gays. Did I ? Please refer me to the post. I believe what I said was that you are doing charity work for a country that punishes gay people with death for being gay – Uganda. I just don’t see how that is very religious like, to support a Ugandan charity. I think you could find a better charity to support, but do what you want. Throw your support to a charity in a country that kills gay people for being gay.

“Throw your support to a charity in a country that kills gay people for being gay.”

If you live America, Gman, you live in a country where gays are killed for being gay. Is it really possible that you hate all Americans except for maybe what, gays? Is your gay-dar so good that you can walk down a busy sidewak and kow who to condemn and who not? Do you sort out family and neighbors as to which ones to hate?

I will not condemn the people of an entire nation for the acts of a relative few. I’m certainly not going to condemn innocent children, some of whom will no doubt turn out to be gay. If that’s really your thing, Gman, wholesale condemnation, innocent and guilty alike, then this is where we part ways.

@136 are you aware of the Ugandan Bill that was passed by the government? It doesn’t sound as if you are. Nothing like living in America. Read the bill/law passed by Uganda and let me know if you still fell that way. I’d provide a link here but typing on an iPhone, and not that easy. Ugandan law calls for the death penalty and a you who doesn’t comply with the law. Nothing like being gay in America

OK, Gman, you’re bothered by “endemic homophobia” not only in Uganda but in most sub-Saharan African countries as well. You’re aware, aren’t you, that there’s a bit of a history of “endemic homophobia” amongst African-American males as well? I imagine that you hate all of them too. People hate you. You hate them. That’s a lot of hate, Gman.

I don’t buy into homophobia, Gman, but I don’t buy into your approach either. You see, the problem is that you both indulge in hate. For that, I reject them and I reject you as well.

I will continue to try to help children in Uganda and I don’t give a fuck what you or anybody else thinks about it.

I think you and Steve are missing the point. My point is similiar to how nations don’t give aid to countries with Human Rights Violations or like when celebraties wouldn’t go to South Africa during the days of Aparthied. I think murderig your own is a lot worse than worrying about if a black kid becomes a Demorat or Republican or Independent or Libertarian.

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